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Pronunciation

Noun

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from GermanLabor.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈlɒbor]

Hyphenation: la‧bor

Noun

labor (plurallaborok)

laboratory

Declension

Synonyms

laboratórium

References

Latin

Etymology 1

From Old Latinlabos, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European*(s)leh₂gʷ-(“to seize, take”), related to Ancient Greekλᾰμβᾰ́νω(lambánō), Sanskrit लभते(labhate) ("take", "gain"). Sometimes connected with labo(“I totter”), but this is rejected by de Vaan.

Alternative forms

labos

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.bor/, [ˈɫ̪a.bɔr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.bor/, [ˈlaː.bɔr]

Noun

laborm (genitivelabōris); third declension

work

labour, toil

(chiefly poetic) hardship, trouble, fatigue, suffering

illness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

labōrō

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European*(s)leh₂b-(“to hang loosely, be weak”). Cognate with labō, Englishsleep.

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